Director of the Overseas Program at Midreshet HaRova

Rabbi Menachem Schrader studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion and Yeshiva University. He has a BA in Philosophy from YU, an MA in History from NYU, and received his Smicha from Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He was on the Torah studies faculty of Yeshivat Hamivtar, teaching Talmud, Bible, and Halachah. He was the director of the Aliza Flatow program at Nishmat. In the year 2000 he founded the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus of the Orthodox Union.

Program Directors

Isaac Selter grew up in Wesley Hills, NY, attended Frisch for high school, and learned in Yeshivat Hakotel. He then received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Judaic Studies from Yeshiva College and his Semicha from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. In addition, he holds a Teacher's certificate from Herzog College, taught at Orot Etzion in Gush Etzion,and serves as the Managing Editor at Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. Isaac now learns and teaches Torah at Machon Zimrat Ha’aretz, a communal Beit Midrash located in Efrat. Aside from learning and teaching, Isaac enjoys hiking in Israel, playing piano, and reading about history. Shira Selter has a Bachelor of Education in Tanach and Jewish History from Herzog College in Israel. Prior to this, she studied at Nishmat for a year. During her national service, Shira volunteered as a program director for Livnot U'Lehibanot in Tzfat, where she organized and led Jewish identity programs for college-aged participants from overseas. She served as a madricha at Midreshet Amudim, as well as a teaching assistant at MMY and at Midreshet Amudim. Shira has taught middle schoolers in Efrat, and is currently pursuing her M.A. in Tanach at Bar-Ilan University. Isaac and Shira, and their 2-year-old son Yehuda, are excited to spend the summer learning, teaching, and connecting with students at SIJ@Harova!